What is Barometer?

Local winds that blow from slopes to peaks as a result of the heating of the top slopes without being affected by general...

A small, intense downdraft that produces damaging winds at the surface, typically lasting a few minutes and often associated...

A term used to identify clouds with a base height below 6,000 feet in the observer's direction. Stratiform clouds consist...

An instrument that continuously records atmospheric pressure over time. It uses a barometer to measure pressure and creates...

Observation of the sky from the observer's location where there are no clouds, and there is no obstruction to visibility....

Confluence refers to the area where two or more air streams or bodies of water meet and combine. In meteorology, it often...

Temperature scale, abbreviated as °C, found by accepting the freezing point of water at one atmospheric pressure as zero...

The term used for semi-stationary high-pressure centers such as the Azores and North Pacific Highs, which occur in the narrow...

A polar vortex is a circulating mass of air in the atmosphere, typically found in polar regions. This rotating air mass occurs...

A fixed potential temperature line on adiabats, or the process of thermodynamic changes within a system without any exchange...